KING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES TO BECOME BRITAIN'S RICHEST RACE WORTH £2 MILLION IN 2026
Ascot Racecourse today announces that next year’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (the King George) will become Britain’s richest ever race worth £2 million.
Saturday’s eight-race card at Ascot, featuring the £1.5m King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, is full of quality throughout and promises to be a top-class day of racing.
Friday’s six-race card features four competitive handicaps and the Listed Flexjet Pat Eddery Stakes, a two-year-old contest which has unearthed future Group 1 horses in the past.
HEAVYWEIGHTS READY FOR KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES SHOWDOWN
French ace Calandagan, Coronation Cup winner Jan Brueghel, globetrotter Rebel’s Romance and star filly Kalpana headline the confirmations for the G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes.